NodeBB Android App

Robert

Should really think of switching to Chrome. But I'm way to used to Firefox for all my devices

psychobunny

You should publish on Google Play

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You should publish on Google Play

Thank you, but as I am underage and credit cards are uncommon in Germany it will take me somewhile. I also think it would be better to wait until I got the upload working.

Robert

@AOKP if you want I am thinking of acquiring a publisher account. We can speak about it if you like

priapo

I don't know if you guys are aware but you can make it for various OSens using Apache Cordova or Crosswalk. I made an Android app for my BBS using cordova and its really easy.

Apache Cordova

(cordova.apache.org)

https://crosswalk-project.org/

Edit: Cordova's platform support:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/guide_support_index.md.html#Platform Support

Edit2: Some banks offer prepaid international debit cards that work with Google Play. Plastic ones; virtual ones don't work with Google Play.

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@priapo said:

I don't know if you guys are aware but you can make it for various OSens using Apache Cordova or Crosswalk. I made an Android app for my BBS using cordova and its really easy.

Apache Cordova

(cordova.apache.org)

https://crosswalk-project.org/

Edit: Cordova's platform support:

https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/5.0.0/guide_support_index.md.html#Platform Support

Edit2: Some banks offer prepaid international debit cards that work with Google Play. Plastic ones; virtual ones don't work with Google Play.

Quick delete this post. He is destroying my work

Joking aside:
I took a closer look at Crosswalk already due to the simple upload support.
Maybe you want to share your Cordova approach with us, I am very interested in it.

About the prepaid debit card:
I could apply for it, but it takes time and still costs me money. However I asked a friend who is willed to lend me his card for this purpose.

Robert

@AOKP Lucky you, I need to stalk some friends from the US to do the same

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@Kowlin said:

@AOKP Lucky you, I need to stalk some friends from the US to do the same

Finnland rules :bowtie:

Robert

@AOKP I think I can easly order a prepaid creditcard but... Well... meh the prices...

priapo

My app is just a simple wrapper for inappbrowser. The files I changed were:

`cd bbs/`

$ cordova platform ls
Installed platforms: android 4.0.0
Available platforms: amazon-fireos, blackberry10, browser, firefoxos, ubuntu

$ cordova plugin ls
cordova-plugin-inappbrowser 1.0.0 "InAppBrowser"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.0.0 "Whitelist"

`cat www/index.html`

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <!--
        Customize this policy to fit your own app's needs. For more guidance, see:
            https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-whitelist/blob/master/README.md#content-security-policy
        Some notes:
            * gap: is required only on iOS (when using UIWebView) and is needed for JS->native communication
            * https://ssl.gstatic.com is required only on Android and is needed for TalkBack to function properly
            * Disables use of inline scripts in order to mitigate risk of XSS vulnerabilities. To change this:
                * Enable inline JS: add 'unsafe-inline' to default-src
        -->
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self' data: gap: https://ssl.gstatic.com 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; media-src *">
        <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no">
        <meta name="msapplication-tap-highlight" content="no">
        <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, minimum-scale=1, width=device-width">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/index.css">
        <title>Hello World</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="js/index.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

`cat www/js/index.js`

document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);

function onDeviceReady() {
	//window.open = cordova.InAppBrowser.open;
	window.open('http://bbs.kassius.org', '_blank', 'location=no');
}

`cat www/css/index.css`

/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
* {
    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); /* make transparent link selection, adjust last value opacity 0 to 1.0 */
}

body {
    -webkit-touch-callout: none;                /* prevent callout to copy image, etc when tap to hold */
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;             /* prevent webkit from resizing text to fit */
    -webkit-user-select: none;                  /* prevent copy paste, to allow, change 'none' to 'text' */
    background-color:#E4E4E4;
    background-image:linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #A7A7A7 0%, #E4E4E4 51%);
    background-image:-webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left top,
        left bottom,
        color-stop(0, #A7A7A7),
        color-stop(0.51, #E4E4E4)
    );
    background-attachment:fixed;
    font-family:'HelveticaNeue-Light', 'HelveticaNeue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size:12px;
    height:100%;
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
    text-transform:uppercase;
    width:100%;
}

#bbs-frame
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 5%;
	left: 5%;
	width: 90%;
	height: 90%;
}


/* Portrait layout (default) */
.app {
    background:url(../img/logo.png) no-repeat center top; /* 170px x 200px */
    position:absolute;             /* position in the center of the screen */
    left:50%;
    top:50%;
    height:50px;                   /* text area height */
    width:225px;                   /* text area width */
    text-align:center;
    padding:180px 0px 0px 0px;     /* image height is 200px (bottom 20px are overlapped with text) */
    margin:-115px 0px 0px -112px;  /* offset vertical: half of image height and text area height */
                                   /* offset horizontal: half of text area width */
}

/* Landscape layout (with min-width) */
@media screen and (min-aspect-ratio: 1/1) and (min-width:400px) {
    .app {
        background-position:left center;
        padding:75px 0px 75px 170px;  /* padding-top + padding-bottom + text area = image height */
        margin:-90px 0px 0px -198px;  /* offset vertical: half of image height */
                                      /* offset horizontal: half of image width and text area width */
    }
}

h1 {
    font-size:24px;
    font-weight:normal;
    margin:0px;
    overflow:visible;
    padding:0px;
    text-align:center;
}

.event {
    border-radius:4px;
    -webkit-border-radius:4px;
    color:#FFFFFF;
    font-size:12px;
    margin:0px 30px;
    padding:2px 0px;
}

.event.listening {
    background-color:#333333;
    display:block;
}

.event.received {
    background-color:#4B946A;
    display:none;
}

@keyframes fade {
    from { opacity: 1.0; }
    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
    to { opacity: 1.0; }
}
 
@-webkit-keyframes fade {
    from { opacity: 1.0; }
    50% { opacity: 0.4; }
    to { opacity: 1.0; }
}
 
.blink {
    animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
    -webkit-animation:fade 3000ms infinite;
}

Pixel

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

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@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

Pixel

@AOKP said:

@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

I've also tried in another mobile running Android 4.0.4 with no luck, I get the same error. Very strange.

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@Pixel said:

@AOKP said:

@Pixel said:

Did somebody make it works in android 4? It doesn't let me install it, it always says "there is a problem parsing the package".

Strange. The build target was set to 19, so basically KitKat.

I've also tried in another mobile running Android 4.0.4 with no luck, I get the same error. Very strange.

Thats not KitKat.

a_5mith

Works fine on Lollipop, but would be nice if that NodeBB Community bar at the top could vanish. Full screen apps for the win-zip.

Pixel

@AOKP ups, you're right. So I've checked the versions the other mobile is 4.2 (jelly bean?), so it isn't kitkat neither.

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@a_5mith said:

Works fine on Lollipop, but would be nice if that NodeBB Community bar at the top could vanish. Full screen apps for the win-zip.

Same thought, I will make it happen within the next release.

@Pixel said:

@AOKP ups, you're right. So I've checked the versions the other mobile is 4.2 (jelly bean?), so it isn't kitkat neither.

Nope.
Your phones must be quite old.

Edit:
I tried Crosswalk out. It is quite good. Uploading works out of the box, so it is a big benefit.
However I am not so happy with it's performance and size (25kB vs 20MB). I will see if I can optimize it a bit maybe.

Edit 2:
Here a little preview for v2:
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6593/test-from-new-webview-app

Pixel

It seems that the link to the apk doesn't work.

By the way, it is made so that in a future any nodebb forum will be able to be used from the app?
Thank you

CreeperFace

Nice application, mind if I do some personal touches to the code? I am an advanced coder with professional work in PHP7, JavaScript, C++, and HTML5.

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@CreeperFace feel free to do it at anytime!
@Pixel, yep. It just opens the website inside the app.